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Liability cap increase at DPWA Terminals welcomed

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CONTAINER Transport Alliance Australia has welcomed an increase in the liability cap offered by DP World Australia for loss or damage to wharf carriers’ trucks or trailing...
Liability cap increase at DPWA Terminals welcomed

Port of Newcastle backs New ponds for Kooragang Island’s frogs

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THE Lower Hunter is home to a population of green and golden bell frogs, an endangered species, whose habitat was severely impacted in early 2019 following a series of fires on...
Port of Newcastle backs New ponds for Kooragang Island’s frogs

Report finds renewables stimulus generates more jobs than fossil fuels

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A REPORT completed by consultancy firm Ernst & Young has found that a stimulus package aligned with Australia’s national climate change greenhouse gas emissions goals would...
Report finds renewables stimulus generates more jobs than fossil fuels

Gladstone seagrass meadows in the best condition for a decade

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IN good news for local fisheries, and for hungry dugong and turtles the seagrass in Gladstone is in the best condition of the past decade. The results come from a monitoring...
Gladstone seagrass meadows in the best condition for a decade

Australia-India partnership to further drive trade opportunities

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MINISTER for agriculture David Littleproud has applauded the Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreed to on 4 June by Prime Ministers Scott Morrison of Australia...
Australia-India partnership to further drive trade opportunities

Exports hold strong in the Pilbara during May

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PILBARA Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 62.8 million tonnes for the month of May 2020. This throughput was a 2% decrease compared to the same month in...

Port community reference groups award grants

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MACKAY and Hay Point communities will soon benefit from two $5,000 sponsorships awarded by their local Port Community Reference Groups. North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation...
Port community reference groups award grants

NQBP delivers book boost to port schools

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FOUR primary schools will receive hundreds of new books to replenish classroom libraries to boost reading rates thanks to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation. NQBP’s $8,000...
NQBP delivers book boost to port schools

Weipa annual dredging completed

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NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has completed annual maintenance dredging at Weipa. NQBP chief executive Nicolas Fertin said the dredge vessel TSHD Brisbane left the port...
Weipa annual dredging completed

Safety message following ship elevator tragedy

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THE death of a containership crew member who became trapped between an elevator cage and a bulkhead highlights safety management, an investigation from the Australian Transport...
Safety message following ship elevator tragedy

Key appointment for Port of Tauranga

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PORT of Tauranga has announced Melanie Dyer as its new corporate services manager. Ms Dyer replaces the recently retired Sara Lunam and is to join Port of Tauranga later this...
Key appointment for Port of Tauranga

Bollard installation completed in Melbourne

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PORT of Melbourne recently finished installing new 150-tonne bollards at Swanson Dock East and West to accommodate bigger ships. This $8.5m project was engineered by AECOM and...
Bollard installation completed in Melbourne

Industry group releases new IoT container standards

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THE Digital Container Shipping Association’s standards for IoT containers have just been released, the first of their kind in the shipping industry. DCSA is a neutral, non-profit...
Industry group releases new IoT container standards

Newcastle appointments aimed at driving business growth

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PROMINENT Australian infrastructure leaders Glenn Thornton and Paul Brown are to join Port of Newcastle’s executive team next week as the organisation begins what it says is “a...
Newcastle appointments aimed at driving business growth

Global LNG demand faces seasonal contraction

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THE global liquefied natural gas industry is about to face its first seasonal demand contraction since 2012, with demand in northern summer 2020 expected to fall 2.7% or 3 million...
Global LNG demand faces seasonal contraction